The 2014–15 snooker season was a series of
snooker
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tournaments played between 8 May 2014 and 4 May 2015. The
Riga Open was the first professional snooker tournament held in
Latvia
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. The season also saw the first professional tournament in Portugal as the
Lisbon Open took place.
In November, it was announced that the
World Open would not be held this season after the contract with the promoter was not renewed and a new venue was not found in time. But the intention was to bring the event back for the
next season.
The structure of the
World Championship
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was changed. The top 16 seeds still qualified automatically for the first round at the Crucible, but all non-seeded players had to start in the first of three qualifying rounds. The overall championship was increased from 128 to 144 players, with the additional places made available to former world champions and players from emerging countries.
New professional players
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The 2014/2015 season was made up of 128 professional players. The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the
2014 World Championship, and the
33 players earning a two-year card the previous year automatically qualified for the season.
The top eight players from the
European Tour Order of Merit and top four players from the
Asian Tour Order of Merit, who had not already qualified for the Main Tour, also qualified. Another three players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs, and a further eight places were available through the
Q School. The rest of the places on to the tour came from amateur events and national governing body nominations. All players listed below, except
Hossein Vafaei
Hossein Vafaei ( fa, حسین وفایی ایوری; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first professional title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mar ...
received a tour card for two seasons.
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IBSF World Snooker Championship winner:
Zhou Yuelong
Zhou Yuelong (; born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He has been runner-up at three ranking events, the January 2020 European Masters, the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out, and the 2022 Northern Ireland Open.
Career
Between 20 ...
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winner:
Lu Ning
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EBSA European Snooker Championships winner:
Mitchell Mann
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EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships winner:
Oliver Lines
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Career Amateur
Lines switched sports from football to snook ...
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ACBS Asian Snooker Championship winner:
Thor Chuan Leong
Thor Chuan Leong (; born 24 March 1988) is a Malaysian former professional snooker player. He is commonly referred to as Rory Thor.
Career
Thor, based in Penang, Malaysia represented his country at the 2006 & 2010 Asian Games and in the 2013 ...
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;NGB nominations
;European Tour Order of Merit
;EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs
;Asian Tour Order of Merit
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Q School
;Special dispensation
;Invitational Tour Card
Calendar
The following table outlines the results and dates for all the
World Snooker Tour
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,
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
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, seniors and other events.
World Snooker Tour
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
Seniors events
Other events
Points distribution
2014/2015 points distribution for World Snooker Tour
The World Snooker Tour (WST) is the main professional snooker tour, consisting of approximately 128 players competing on a circuit of up to 28 tournaments each season. The World Snooker Tour is administered by World Snooker Ltd, the commercial ar ...
ranking and minor-ranking events:
Notes
References
External links
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